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A. F. Burgess, in charge. 
q James W. Chapman, who was granted a Doctor’s degree by the Bussey 
agaged as entomologist to the Park Department of the City of Boston, has 
Pen appointed as Scientific Assistant and will take up experimental work 
Pith Mr. R. W. Glaser of this Bureau on the 'wilt' disease affecting the 
ipsy moth. Mr. Chapman published sometime ago a bulletin on the leopard 
oth (Zeuzera pyrina) and several other insect enemies of shade trees. 
_ ~-Mr. S. 5S. Crossman, who was formerly engaged as an assistant on 
he citrus fruit insect investigations in Florida, and has during the past 
Wo years been employed in Porto Rico investigating economic insects, 
6 an assistant to the entomologist of the Board of Agriculture, Porto 
fico, has been appointed as Scientific Assistant and will carry on inves- 
igations on parasites at the Gipsy Moth Laboratory. 
. Mr. J. N. Summers, who has been conducting parasite investigations 
t the Gipsy Moth Laboratory for the past three years, will sail for 
furope in April and will make observations on the fluctuations in increase 
if the gipsy moth in German forests, and collect and ship parasites to 
he Gipsy Moth Laboratory for colonization in this country. 
SOUTHERN FIELD CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS. 

W. D. Hunter, in charge. 
| W. D. Hunter left on March 23 for a short trip of inspection of 
he Rocky Mountain spotted-fever tick work in the Bitter Root Valley of 
lontana,. 
A, C. Morgan returned to his field station at Clarksville, Tenn., 
m March 25th. He was preceeded a few days by S. BH. Crumb. 
4 R. H. Hutchison left on March 22 for New Orleans where he will 
onduct further investigations of the treatment of manure piles in the 
ontrol of the house fly, in cooperation with the Bureaus of Chemistry 
nd Plant Industry. 
G. N. Wolcott of the Porto Rican Board of Agriculture was in the 
ity March 27. He will spend the spring months in Iilinois collecting 
achnosterna parasites for introduction into Porto Rico. He will spend 
he summer in Europe on leave. 
e A. H. Jennings will resume his work on pellagra at Spartanburg, 
» Car., in connection with the Thompson-McPadden Pellagra Commission 
bout May 1. fe 
j B. R. Coad left Washington on April 1 for Arizona where he will 
€Main during the season to study the relations between the Tnurberia 
Msects and cotton culture. His address wiil be Tucson, Ariz. 
U. G. Loftin has returned to New Orleans after several mouths 
pent at Brownsville, Tex., in the study of sugar-cane insects. 
¥ An exhaustive report on the destruction of the immature stages 
f the house fly in stable manure is about to be published. This 18 tue 
esult of coeperative work with the Bureaus cf Chemistry and Plant fa- 
astry iu which particular attention was paid to the effects of Various 
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